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March 2009
Mechanical needle inserter feels the right spot
Decades of extracting oil from underground has proven to be bad for the planet's health, but a drilling technique developed over the years could be good for yours. [more]
STORIES ELSEWHERE
Stories about the Nature paper Nanomoulding with Amorphous Metals:
A Better Way to Make Nano Stuff, Technology Review
Nano-imprinting breaks the mould, Nanotechweb.org
Stories about the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper Sensitive Dependence of the Motion of a Legged Robot on Granular Media:
Why sand is a walking robot's nightmare, New Scientist
One Giant Leap for Robot-Kind, ScienceNow
Stories about the Physical Review Letters paper "Rainbow" Trapping and Releasing at Telecommunication Wavelengths:
Trapped rainbows could make optical computing a reality, New Scientist
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WATCH January 14, 2008 Citizen science in the age of connectedness A nice column in the New York Times by biologist Aaron E. Hirsh explains the rise of Big Science — massive, centralized projects with large staffs and expensive equipment — and the emerging trend of distributed citizen science. [more] |
| "Physics
is to the rest of science what machine tools are to engineering. A
corollary is that science places power in our hands which can be used
for good or ill. Technology has been abused in this way throughout
the ages from gunpowder to atomic bombs." - John Pendry, Imperial College London |
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